释义 |
〔prig〕A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.道学先生,自命不凡者:显示近乎夸张地顺从(社会习俗)或礼貌的人,尤指带有令人生气的傲慢的或自鸣得意的神情的人〔Puritanism〕"Puritanism is the source of our greatest hypocrisies and most crippling illusions"(Molly Haskell)“道学先生的行为是我们最大的伪君子和最残缺的不完美假象的源泉”(莫利·哈斯克尔) |